Fire Casualties in South Africa
6 September 2001
A 70,000 ha wildfire in Kruger National Park and a veld fire near Greytown in KwaZulu-Natal caused the death of 32 people.
At least 11 people, including six children, burned to death and several more were badly injured when veldfires blazed out of control in KwaZulu-Natal. And the death toll from the devastating fire in Kruger National Park has risen to 21, as some of the injured who initially surivived the blaze have died.
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